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BENGT R. TILLGREN, OF ROOKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

,sPECIFlCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,680, dated July 4,1893.

Application filed October 11, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENGT R. TILLGEEN, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, but having declared my intention of becoming a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Rockland, in the county of Plymouth andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cushioned Heels for Boots or Shoes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of heels for bootsor shoes Where-` in a exible pad or cushion is placed within the shoeabove the upper heel lift, and its object is to improve the constructionof goods of this class so as to obtain an increased effectiveness inobtaining the desired result. In a shoe having a cushioned heel as abovedescribed, it is desirable that the area of the cushion or pad should beas nearly as possible that of the whole heel portion of theshoe, so thatthe heel of the wearer may be supported at all points upon a yieldingsurface, and thereby the shookof walking be lessened.

In the accompanying drawings I have represented the heel portion of ashoe in which my present improvements are embodied in the form now bestknown to me. At Figure 1 this is shown inperspective, the constructionrepresented being that before the elastic pad is put in place and theouter sole is attached. In Fig. 2 in a similar viewis shown the .pad andouter sole in position, the latter being broken away so as to show themethod of its attachment to the upper. Fig.8 shows the completed devicein vertical cross-section ready for the attachment of the heel lifts inthe'well known manner.

In the drawings A represents the upper of the shoe and B its inner sole.This preferably terminates at the heel as shown, leaving a space orshallow pocket C, being the area of the whole of the heel portion,inwhich pocket is placed a cushion or pad D of elastic material,preferably soft rubber. The upper and inner sole are lasted and attachedt0- Serial No, 448,539. (No model.)

gether in any suitable manner. Around the heel portion of the upper,however, which is left unlasted, I run a rowof stitches o., sewedthrough and through the upper, counter, and lining, and near the edgethereof. When the outer sole E is to be attached to the inner sole afterthe pad D has been inserted, this may be done as to the fore part in anydesired manner; but at the heel I run a row of stitching e around theheel of the outer sole at a short distance within its edge, sewingpreferably through and through and causing the thread of this sewing todraw through and interlock with the stitches of the sewing a around theedge of the upper before described. One stitch so interlocked isrepresented at a', e in Fig. 2. After the outer sole has vbeen attachedto the upper, the heel may be attached to it in any desired manner. Itwill be observed that with the construction above described, the wholeface of the pad within the edge of the upper is left uncovered, therebyaffording practically the whole of its area as an elastic support forthe heel of the wearer. As a covering for the pad, when it is of such amaterial as to require coveriiig, a thin cover sole F (see Fig. 3) maybe placed over the heel extending forward over the insole as far as maybe deemed advisable. It should be, however, of such thin and flexiblematerial as not substantially to diminish the elasticity of the heelcushion in use.

I claim- A boot or shoe having a heel portion cornprising the upper Aprovided with stitching a, the outer sole E provided with stitching e,the threads of the" said stitches interlocking as described, and anelastic pad D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 5th day ofOctober, A. D. 1892.

BENGT R. TILLGREN.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER P. BRowNE, MosEs S. CASE.

